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Item Details
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MISUNDERSTANDING THE INTERNET
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| By: |
James Curran, Natalie Fenton, Des Freedman |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
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£27.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0415579589 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780415579582 |
| Publisher: |
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
6 March, 2012 |
| Series: |
Communication and Society |
| Pages: |
208 |
| Synopsis: |
The growth of the internet has been spectacular. There are now more 1.5 billion internet users across the globe, about one quarter of the world's population. This is certainly a new phenomenon that is of enormous significance for the economic, political and social life of contemporary societies. However, much popular and academic writing about the internet takes a technologically deterministic view, assuming that the internet's potential will be realised in essentially transformative ways. This was especially true in the euphoric moment of the mid-1990s, when many commentators wrote about the internet with awe and wonderment. While this moment may be over, its underlying technocentrism - the belief that technology determines outcomes - lingers on, and with it, a failure to understand the internet in its social, economic and political context. Misunderstanding the Internet is a short introduction, encompassing the history, sociology, politics and economics of the internet and its impact on society.The book has a simple three part structure: * Part 1 looks at the history of the internet, and offers an overview of the internet's place in society * Part 2 focuses on the control and economics of the internet * Part 3 examines the internet's political and cultural influence Misunderstanding the Internet is a polemical, sociologically and historically informed textbook that aims to challenge both popular myths and existing academic orthodoxies around the internet. |
| Illustrations: |
black & white illustrations |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Routledge |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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